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While the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka is a truly whimsical place, transporting you into the magical world of animator Hayao Miyazaki and friends, an adult may feel that their immersion is incomplete. In particular, the children-only play area that fea...

When the stress of work has gotten to be too much, we all like to take some time off and just enjoy ourselves for a while. But the question remains, what to do? The weather is great outside, but going out sounds so tiring right now.

Seasoned explorers and novices alike venture underground into dangerous caves to collect the coveted material known as Pluton. During your first trip down into the depths of one of these mines, you and your new explorer friends quickly realize tha...

Criminal Girls marries interesting gaming concepts to some iffy gender politics. Its party of female convicts only take your commands as suggestions, so you must punish them to correct their vices as they escape towards reincarnation.

'Koufuku Graffiti' Anime Adaptation Rumored As Winter 2015 Shaft Series Posted by Chris Beveridge July 11, 2014 at 04:31 PM Koufuku Graffiti The Manga Time Kirarara magazine announced last month that Koufuku Graffiti would be getting an anime adap...

You know what makes everything better? Adding Levi from Attack on Titan to everything. Yes. Everything. Below, you can see what Levi Ackerman looks like in the Attack on Titan anime. If you are unfamiliar with Levi, this wikia can hopefully bring ...

Collider reports more details about the Pacific Rim animated series. It is revealed that the series will takes place between Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim 2. Director Guillermo del Toro revealed that they are still negotiating with a few Japanese co...

The second episode of Sword Art Online II has just went live on Daisuki. net and the Daisuki. net YouTube channel. In this episode, Sinon finally makes her long-awaited debut in the anime. Episode synopsis: Sinon is known as the best sniper in GGO...

Frozen is huge in Japan, in fact, it is so popular that it became one of the highest grossing movies in the country's history and topped the box office for 16 consecutive weeks, and that is saying a lot.

Pac-Man's up taunt in Super Smash Bros. is known as "Namco Roulette," director Masahiro Sakurai said on Miiverse today. When you perform it, Namco characters from the 1980s will normally appear. Some of these characters are shown below.

'Yamada And The Seven Witches' Getting Original Anime DVD Release Posted by Chris Beveridge July 11, 2014 at 08:30 PM Yamada And The 7 Witches The anime adaptation for Yamada And The 7 Witches based on the manga by Miki Yoshikawa continues to prog...

Crunchyroll has yet another announcement today with the addition of Nobunaga Concerto to the summer anime simulcasts. The series is set to broadcast every Tuesday starting July 15 at 10:00pm Pacific Time for premium members, with free members able...

Zankyou no Terror is a new anime series which is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) with music composed from Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), and will be animated by MAPPA (Hajime no...

At first I thought this was going to be a serious romantic drama. But then it took a sudden turn for the better when a ghost appeared and started throwing fireballs at the main character and a magical girl cosplayer flew through the window.

NIS America to publish Ar noSurge: Ode to an Unborn Star Limited Edition in North America. The limited edition will be available on launch the same day as the normal edition on September 23rd and is now available for pre-order.

While NIS America and Koei Tecmo America have only recently announced their collaboration to work on Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star for the PlayStation 3, Koei Tecmo Europe announced their plans for PAL regions several weeks ago.

「THE GOLDEN DAYS」 The Persona 4 train keeps rolling on in the form of Persona 4 The Golden ANIMATION (to be abbreviated as P4GA from this point forward), and it's a nostalgic re-entry into a much beloved franchise (in Japan at least).

Right now, there are amazingly skilled creators blowing up on Twitter! Many of them surprise users with their works themed after anime and manga. Up till now on Tokyo Otaku Mode, we've taken a look at many creators, a recent one being a creator wh...

New magazine scans from the latest issue of CoroCoro magazine have revealed plenty of new information about the upcoming Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire games, including the new Pokedex, new looks for Hoenn's gym leaders and half of the Elite ...

This is part 19 of my SAO summary / fanfiction. You can start with Part 1 here. A group of bandits rested among the cliffs. They discussed their latest plan to ambush and kill some of their fellow players.

In celebration of the Tanabata Festival in Japan, The Pokémon Company is distributing a special Shiny Jirachi at the Pokémon Center in Tohoku. The Shiny Jirachi will be level 10, and will come with the moves Wish, Swift, Healing Wish and Moonblast.

The August issue of Monthly Coro Cora Comic magazine revealed a new Mega Evolution for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. As what most people have speculated, Metagross will get a Mega Evolution in this game.

FUNimation Entertainment announced on Friday that it has acquired the streaming and home video rights for the anime of Hajime Segawa's Tokyo ESP manga. The episodes will stream on Fridays at 2:05 p. m.

Jul11 I bet this series has a great plot… MOE MOE KYUNNNNN err I mean Momo Kyun Sword is finally here aren't you excited? Just kidding I don't think anyone is excited for this series, but with the flood of reverse harem anime this season it seems...

"Rokujouma no Shinryakusha! ? " Episode 1 Preview Images The first episode of Rokujouma no Shinryakusha! ? aired on July 12 and it will continue to air throughout the summer 2014 anime season with a total of 12 episodes.

Merchandise and clothing retailer 2PM Works revealed 10 different pairs of heels based on characters from the idol anime Love Live! and shoemaker Chake Choke. Each pair comes with a signed bromide card of its respective character.

With episode two of Tokyo Ghoul, otaku have discovered the anime can be uncensored with some color correction – brightness alterations and additions of red help the grotesque dismemberment come out. For the twisted individuals eager to see fiction...

Jabberwock Island — once a popular tourist destination, this now uninhabited island remains oddly pristine. You and your classmates at the elite Hope's Peak Academy have been brought to this island by your super-cute teacher for a "lovey-dovey, he...

'Bakumatsu Rock: Ultra Soul' PS Vita/PSP Game LE Getting Bundled Anime Episode Posted by Chris Beveridge July 11, 2014 at 05:37 PM Bakumatsu Rock We've seen more and more of this in the last few years alongside bundling anime episodes with manga r...

Come for the magical girls, stay for the. . . Actually, there's not much else to stay for. The first season of Prisma Illya left me torn. I enjoyed the magical girl parts of the show, particularly the way it created a new magic system with frequen...